Lamictal and "vivid dreams"or nightmares

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Have noticed more frequent, vivid dreams and nightmares since starting Lamictal and want to know if others have experienced the same, and if so, did the dreams/nightmares taper off after a period of time? Also wondering if taking Lamictal in a.m. vs p.m. might make a difference.

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I had a vivid dream problem while titrating, but I'm not sure if it was that or the AAP that I was using at the time for sleeping.

As for AM or PM, there was a thread on that specifically that you might find helpful. For me, at least, I gradually switched to PM because I was having daytime drowsiness issues. I'm not sure if they were a symptom or a side-effect, and I'm not sure if it was a side effect of the lamictal or something else. But I've found that PM works best, regardless!

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I'm currently at 50 mg. and have not experienced drowsiness, if anything it's the opposite w/me. Today I switched to a.m. and did not get drowsy. Am hoping this will decrease the nightmares or that they will decrease as my system adjusts to the med.

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Have noticed more frequent, vivid dreams and nightmares since starting Lamictal and want to know if others have experienced the same, and if so, did the dreams/nightmares taper off after a period of time? Also wondering if taking Lamictal in a.m. vs p.m. might make a difference.

Yes, a lot more dreams, and very vivid!!!! I'm only up to the 50mg dose (up 12.5 mg/week). I am taking it A.M.

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Now that I've taken the Lamictal for several months (now 200mg) the dreams have tapered off completely and when I had them, it seemed each dosage increase would bring a new round of those vivid dreams. Now the only prob. I have is if I take 200mg's all at once, I get a headache, so I take 1 in morning and 1 early afternoon. It's all good now, and it seems the current dose is just right. Good luck with your titration. -Lav

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I have always been a vivid dreamer (migraine), but Lamictal caused "unsettling" dreams for the first couple of months I was on it. By unsettling, I don't mean nightmares, exactly, but dreams that weren't very pleasant. I have since returned to my "normal" vivid dreaming.

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I have extremely vivid and bizarre dreams, lots of nightmares. Not sure if it is the lamictal or the abilify when I was on that. I just quit abilify cold turkey a week ago, and since then I haven't had a nightmare, just vivid dreams, so it could have been abilify.

Again, not sure if the nightmares were from lamictal, but I'm pretty sure the vivid dreams have to do with lamictal. My dreams are so vivid that I can't separate them from reality sometimes.